Author Archives: jgerber

Hillman Curtis Artist Series

Posted on October 2, 2011 by jgerber

I really enjoyed watching the videos from Hillman Curtis. Not only were the topics interesting, but visually the way Hillman Curtis edited the videos was great — regardless of content. Gave me cool ideas for compiling interviews, getting the right … Continue reading →

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Helvetica

Posted on September 20, 2011 by jgerber

I love that they could make an entire documentary on a font. If you asked me a year ago to name 10 fonts, I would have given you a deer-in-the-headlights stare. This documentary made me realize how much thought goes … Continue reading →

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Formalism, Post-Modernism, Realism, and Expressionism

Posted on September 18, 2011 by jgerber

Formalism Formalism is a way someone approaches interpreting a piece of art. Under formalism the viewer of the art assumes that everything they need to know about that particular piece of art is already represented by the piece. No outside … Continue reading →

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Huh?

Posted on September 11, 2011 by jgerber

Gah — what the heck do I write about Stitch Bitch? Holy cow…I’m just all sorts of confused and feeling quite dumb seeing that my classmates have posted some pretty heady blog entries on this reading. I was having trouble … Continue reading →

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Who likes a Debbie Downer?

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jgerber

I used to just ignore people who poo-pooed the rise of ‘new media’ as a sign of an oncoming apocalypse, but now those Negative Nancys are really starting to bug me. I get it. People don’t like change — I’m … Continue reading →

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